Example sentences of "to the [noun] [conj] it did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the major investment in this country 's telecommunications infrastructure in recent years has been from BT , which has made a much bigger contribution to the Exchequer than it did in the 1970s , as it is more efficient , more productive , sells more services , makes more money and pays more tax . |
| 2 | Nonconformity did not will migration into the towns nor the migration out again to the suburbs but it did meet the challenges presented by these mammoth social changes . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to see the return of the Yorkshire Ridings and the abolition of Humberside and Cleveland so that Yorkshire can again stretch from the Humber to the Tees as it did for a thousand years before 1974 , ’ said Mr Sykes . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to see the return of the Yorkshire Ridings and the abolition of Humberside and Cleveland so that Yorkshire can again stretch from the Humber to the Tees as it did for a thousand years before 1974 , ’ said Mr Sykes . |
| 5 | The councillors argued that the company traditionally expatriated such large profits to the UK that it did not merit its share of about £150,000 of the grant . |
| 6 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 7 | It would be fair to conclude that the trend in Japan caused concern to Peking but not to the extent that it did in Moscow . |
| 8 | Questions arose as to whether the new regulatory system introduced by the Act would permit or require practices inconsistent with common law fiduciary duties , and , to the extent that it did , the impact this would have on fiduciary duties . |